Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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David Volleman grew up on a dairy farm in the Texas hillcountry and decided to pursue a career in the dairy industry in high school. Courtesy photo: Robert Hagevoort Students of the 2012 Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium Teaching class receive a lecture on dairy ration evaluation Wednesday at a local dairy. "I like being out in the country with the cows," said Volleman, a senior at Texas A&M University working on his bachelor's degree in dairy science. "Dairies are more...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Monday - 3:31 p.m.: Caller requests to speak to an officer in reference to a civil matter, police station. - 4:12 p.m.: Caller reported male with chest pains needs to be taken to the hospital, 1500 block of South First. - 4:46 p.m.: Caller reported she has a dog bite, U.S. 70. - 5:02 p.m.: Caller reported side door alarm, 200 block of Colorado. - 5:03 p.m.: Caller reported someone shot her dog with a BB gun, 700 block of North Avenue K. - 5:14 p.m.: Caller requested an...
The plant manager for Beauty Health and Science Innovations said Thursday the facility is still in the renovation phase. Drew Martin, contacted Thursday at the plant just south of Clovis' industrial park, said the company would be in a better position in two weeks to speculate on when the plant would open. Chase Gentry, executive director of Clovis Industrial Development Corp., said in November when he announced BHSI had selected Clovis for its manufacturing site that it hoped to open in April. The company said it hoped to...
Chantel McConnell was exposed to the exercise aspect of yoga by her mother as a child. As a freshman at Eastern New Mexico University she has learned about the spiritual side. CMI staff photo: Alisa Boswell Yoga instructor Yolanda Chavez, right, and assistant instructor Dawn Woodring have a potluck with their students from the Eastern New Mexico University wellness program May 10 for their last class. Chavez said on the last day of class, she likes for her students to reflect...
Kid's College Summer 2012 at Clovis Community College starts June 4. The program offers classes for students from ages 3 to 18, and include hands-on workshops and athletic camps. Courtesy photo: Lisa Spencer Children in Kid's College 2011 test out model volcanoes they created in Tishia Stewart's "VOLCANOES! In Clovis?" class. Kid's College instructor Tishia Stewart said the program will provide children a healthy, creative outlet during the summer. Twenty-three classes will...
Area mail carriers collected more than 26,000 pounds of food during Saturday's 20th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. CMI staff photo: Benna Sayyed Portales High and Portales Junior High School students check expiration dates on food donations Monday at the Portales Community Services Center. Students said they volunteered to give back to the community — and it also looks good on a college resume. Approximately 5,000 pounds of food were collected S... Full story
Area mail carriers collected more than 26,000 pounds of food during Saturday's 20th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. CMI staff photo: Benna Sayyed Portales High and Portales Junior High School students check expiration dates on food donations Monday at the Portales Community Services Center. Students said they volunteered to give back to the community — and it also looks good on a college resume. Approximately 5,000 pounds of food were collected S...
When Laci Hand walks across the stage to receive her nursing diploma Friday during Clovis Community College's spring graduation, her journey in nursing is far from over. Laci Hand Hand, 20, plans to work toward her bachelor's degree in nursing while working as a registered nurse in the emergency room of a Lubbock hospital. She has applied for several nursing jobs in Lubbock and plans to enroll at Lubbock Christian University this summer. Hand is one of 195 graduation...
Teachers and administrators at Marshall Middle School have taken proactive steps to combat bullying over the past two years. An anti-bullying program was started at Marshall in August 2010, and according to Marshall social worker Lynn Fronk, has allowed students to feel free to safely communicate with administrators and report bullying and other incidents. "They're not just reporting bullying," Fronk said. "They're reporting like, 'I'm concerned because I notice that so-and-so hasn't eaten all week at lunch and they normally...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Friday - 1:24 a.m.: Caller requested an ambulance, 2100 block of South Avenue A. - 3:16 a.m.: Alarm company reported an alarm, 1000 block of West Second Street. - 3:55 a.m.: Caller reported subjects in a fight, 200 block of North Houston. - 5:17 a.m.: Caller reported a possible breaking and entering, 100 block of West 10th Street. - 7:18 a.m.: Caller reported suspicious activity, male walking in the alleyway, 14th and Avenue A. - 7:28 a.m.: Alarm company called in a...
Laqueda Chaves once attended a class to get through a painful divorce. She now leads the class that put her on the road to recovery. PNT staff photo: Christina Calloway Divorce Care group leader Laqueda Chaves, left, and group member Ray Breton, right, discuss a video the group viewed covering the emotion of anger that comes out of divorce. Chaves, 49, said her first classes with the Divorce Care support group in February 2009 were tough. "You're embarrassed because divorce is hard and you don't want everybody to know," said... Full story
Pastor Bonita Knox believes all humans have a duty to share what they have with other humans abundantly. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Trinity Lutheran Church Pastor Bonita Knox of Clovis packs a basket Tuesday with cereal to donate to the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico. For this reason, Knox organizes a food drive and a coin collection the first Sunday of every month of Trinity Lutheran Church-ELCA. "I have chosen to make it a monthly expression so that we can always provid...
Misty Maldonado has gone from being addicted to heroin and cocaine for 10 years and being incarcerated for more than two to earning straight A's at Clovis Community College. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Misty Maldonado of Clovis studies a textbook Tuesday. Maldonado is studying emergency medical services at Clovis Community College. Maldonado, 32, spoke humbly last week as she described her near-death experiences on the streets of north Texas. She said she lived through a...
Auctioneering is not only how Robert Rosales earns part of his income but is also how he raises money to help in the battle against cancer. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Rosales, auctioneer for Rocking R Auctions and owner of Affordable Pest Control, coordinated the Team Roundup a Cure auction Saturday to raise money for the Clovis Relay For Life on May 11. His most recent auction, Team Roundup a Cure, was held Saturday to raise money for the Clovis Relay For Life on May 11. R... Full story
Juan Mendez said he forgot the camera was rolling as a filmmaker followed him around school, on the soccer field and at his home in Portales. Alisa Boswell: Portales News-Tribune Portales High School senior Juan Mendez, left, talks to Portales residents about his film with Littleglobe, a Santa Fe-based film company. Director Erin Hudson, center, and David Gallegos, core artist member, said it was a pleasure having Mendez as one of the six students from Portales in their film about high school seniors. Mendez, who graduates...
Cannon Airman 1st Class Tyler Fornal said he hoped volunteering to read at Clovis-Carver Public Library's pre-K story hour last week would help shine a different light on the military. Fornal hoped reading to youngsters in his uniform would provide them a positive view of the military, and serve as an example of how the military strives to support the community. "They probably see us in movies and don't know what we really do," said Fornal, from Bethesda, Ohio. "Maybe this will change their perspective." According to Vera...
Cannon Airman 1st Class Tyler Fornal said he hoped volunteering to read at Clovis-Carver Public Library's pre-K story hour last week would help shine a different light on the military. Fornal hoped reading to youngsters in his uniform would provide them a positive view of the military, and serve as an example of how the military strives to support the community. "They probably see us in movies and don't know what we really do," said Fornal, from Bethesda, Ohio. "Maybe this will change their perspective." According to Vera...
Eastern New Mexico University senior Rachel Mariano became a Christian at 7 years old but admits that joining the school's Baptist Student Union Christian Challenge as a freshman strengthened her faith. Dallas Ellsworth: Courtesy photo The Baptist Student Union Christian Challenge at Eastern New Mexico University meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays. The gathering includes singing, fellowship and bible study. Singing on stage from left to right are Cole Calloway, Keith Lichtie, Matthew Shurtz, Kourtney Lichtie and Rachel Mariano. "It's... Full story
Dusty Leatherwood preaches to his congregation Monday nights in the lobby of Clovis Livestock Auction, about 20 feet from where livestock is sold to the highest bidder. He preaches from a podium made from a cedar post to a gathering sitting on metal folding chairs. During Leatherwood's sermon, horses and cattle can be heard and the air often smells of livestock. This is cowboy church in Clovis. The service is multidenominational and is attended by people of various area churches. Leatherwood's congregation is made up of... Full story
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Thursday - 12:08 a.m.: Ambulance requested for transfer, U.S. 70. - 12:09 a.m.: Caller reported loud music, 800 block of East Third Street. - 1:03 a.m.: Caller reported hearing arguing outside, 300 block of West First. - 1:23 a.m.: Ambulance requested for public assistance, 2000 block of Boxwood. - 2:45 a.m.: Ambulance called in a transfer to Lubbock, U.S. 70. - 2:47 a.m.: Caller reported a subject honking their horn, 1200 block of Chicago. - 3:39 a.m.: Caller... Full story
When Eastern New Mexico University graduate student Lauren Davis moved to Portales from St. Louis three years ago, she became a belly dancer. CMI Staff Photo: Benna Sayyed Eastern New Mexico University belly dance and yoga instructor Yolanda Chavez, left, applies a henna design to local animal advocate Val Depillo on Saturday at Fusion Funk Collective's booth at Women's Day Out. Davis came into contact with the dance group Fusion Funk Collective at a carnival in the park and liked what she saw. She switched her dance style...
When Eastern New Mexico University graduate student Lauren Davis moved to Portales from St. Louis three years ago, she became a belly dancer. CMI staff photo: Benna Sayyed Eastern New Mexico University belly dance and yoga instructor Yolanda Chavez, left, applies a henna design to local animal advocate Val Depillo, right, Saturday at Fusion Funk Collective's booth at Woman's Day Out. Davis came into contact with her dance group Fusion Funk Collective at a carnival in the park...
Katlyn Gore is participating in Saturday's second annual "Walk in Their Shoes" event that promotes awareness about sexual assault. She hopes the event will help people dealing with sexual violence realize there are local services in place such as Arise Sexual Assault Services, which is sponsoring the 5k run/walk. "I don't think as many people are aware of it as the general community needs to be," Gore said. "This is just a great way to show people that this is a major problem and this run is going to help get that awareness...
Anthony Dockter has been waiting for the eggs to hatch for almost a month. When he saw the baby chicks hopping around in their cage in his classroom at R.M. James Elementary Monday he said he was about to jump off the walls with joy. Benna Sayyed: Clovis Media Inc. Ezzy Martinez, a second grader at R.M. James Elementary, admires a baby chick on Monday. Martinez's class is completing a project that teaches responsibility by nurturing baby chicks. According to Dockter's second grade teacher, Debbie Vinson, her students are lear... Full story
Hannah Altheide spoke to her professors, worked, walked around campus and drove her car Tuesday without shoes. The only time the Eastern New Mexico University junior wore shoes was during basketball practice. Benna Sayyed: Clovis Media Inc. Eastern New Mexico University junior Adriana De La Rosa, left, receives information about the One Day Without Shoes event from event coordinator Hannah Altheide, right, and event co-coordinator, Alexandria Weakley. Altheide's shoeless day was intended to bring awareness to children around... Full story
